No. 1,968 in Dutch
bedroeg
"Bedroeg" is the past tense of "bedragen," meaning "amounted to" in English.
In a sentence
Het totaalbedrag van de rekening bedroeg €100.
The total amount of the bill was €100.
In this sentence, 'bedroeg' is used as the past tense of 'bedragen,' indicating the total summed amount of something in a financial or measurable context.
Zijn leeftijd bedroeg toen pas 18 jaar.
His age was then only 18 years.
Here, 'bedroeg' is used to refer to a quantifiable state in the past, in this case, someone's age.
Het aantal deelnemers bedroeg slechts 50.
The number of participants was only 50.
In this example, 'bedroeg' represents the total count of participants, used in a past tense setting emphasizing a total or sum.
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